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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Opening Lands in Westland Land District for Selection
on Renewable Lease.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I,
William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion
of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands described
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and nine, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the
said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act,
as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metal, mineral,
or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WESTLAND COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

OKURU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2519 | XII | A. R. P. 395 0 0 | £ s. d. 200 0 0 | £ s. d. 4 0 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 70 ft. above sea-level. All level land, carrying
mixed bush of rimu, kamahi, and white-pine; about 60
acres swampy, easily drainable; remainder dry. Good
loamy soil; well watered. Accessible by Haast Pass formed
bridle-track. Four miles from Haast Post and Telephone
Office.

| 2520 | XII | 358 0 0 | 180 0 0 | 3 12 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 75 ft. above sea-level. All level land, carrying
heavy mixed bush of rimu and kamahi; 200 acres dry, fairly
good soil; balance very wet, with inferior soil, but easily
drainable; well watered. Accessible by Haast Pass formed
bridle-track. Four miles and three-quarters from Haast
Post and Telephone Office.

| 2521 | XII | 360 0 0 | 180 0 0 | 3 12 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 100 ft. above sea-level. All level land; heavily
timbered with mixed bush of kamahi and rimu. Two
hundred and twenty acres dry; soil fair to good. Balance
wet, but easily drainable; soil inferior. Well watered.
Accessible by Haast Pass formed bridle-track. Five miles
and a half from Haast Post and Telephone Office.

| 2522 | XII | 218 0 0 | 110 0 0 | 2 4 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 120 ft. above sea-level. All level land, except
about 5 acres; heavily timbered with mixed bush of kamahi
and rimu; all fairly dry; soil good; about 40 acres is
stony; well watered. Accessible by Haast Pass formed
bridle-track. Six miles from Haast Post and Telephone
Office.

MATAKETAKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2625 | XIII | 152 0 0 | 80 0 0 | 1 12 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 150 ft. above sea-level. Twenty acres light bush,
ribbonwood; balance heavy mixed bush, principally kamahi,
with some red and white pine. Level land, swampy, but
easily drainable; inferior soil, on gravel formation; well
watered. Accessible by Haast Pass formed bridle-track and
river-bed. Eight miles from Haast Post and Telephone
Office.

| 2626 | XIII | 109 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 4 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 150 ft. above sea-level. Twenty-five acres light
bush, ribbonwood; balance heavy mixed bush, principally
kamahi, with some red and white pine. Level land,
swampy, but easily drainable; inferior soil, on gravel formation; well watered. Accessible by Haast Pass formed
bridle-track and river-bed. Eight miles and a half from
Haast Post and Telephone Office.

| 2585 | XIII | 289 0 0 | 150 0 0 | 3 0 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 150 ft. to 200 ft. above sea-level. Comprises
20 acres scrub, grass, and tutu; 30 acres ribbonwood and
other light bush; balance heavy bush, principally kamahi,
with a few red and white pines. Undulating and level land;
soil, a light sandy loam; well watered. Accessible by Haast
Pass formed bridle-track and river-bed. Nine miles from
Haast Post and Telephone Office.

| 2586 | XIII | A. R. P. 383 0 0 | £ s. d. 200 0 0 | £ s. d. 4 0 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 200 ft. above sea-level. About 70 acres light
bush of ribbonwood, &c.; balance heavy bush, principally
kamahi, with a few red and white pines. All level land;
soil, a good sandy loam; well watered. Accessible by Haast
Pass formed bridle-track and river-bed. Ten miles from
Haast Post and Telephone Office.

| 2587 | XIV | 263 0 0 | 140 0 0 | 2 16 0 |
Exempt from rent for four years.
Altitude, 250 ft. above sea-level. All heavy bush, principally kamahi, with a few red and white pines. Generally
level land, with some gentle slopes; soil, a sandy loam;
well watered. Accessible by Haast Pass bridle-track and
river-bed. Ten miles and a half from Haast Post and Telephone Office.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Taranaki Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-first section of “The Land Act, 1908,” it is enacted that
the Governor may from time to time, either by general or
particular description, and whether the same has been
surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral
license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required
for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:
Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me
by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale
the lands in the Taranaki Land District described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said
Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions
of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by
admeasurement 11 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Section
No. 6, Block VIII, Ohura Survey District. Bounded towards
the north by Otunui Stream; towards the east by Section
No. 5, Block VIII, Ohura Survey District; and towards the
south and west by Otunui Stream aforesaid: as the same is
delineated on the plan marked L. 5250/1A, deposited in the
Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and
thereon coloured red. For the growth and preservation of
timber.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by
admeasurement 38 acres 3 roods 20 perches, more or less,
being Section No. 7, Block VIII, Ohura Survey District.
Bounded towards the north generally by Section No. 2,
Block VIII, Ohura Survey District; towards the east and
south-east generally by Otunui Road; and towards the
south-west by Section No. 4 of said Block VIII: as the same
is delineated on the plan marked L. 5250/1A, deposited in
the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and
thereon bordered red. For papa-burning purposes.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by
admeasurement 196 acres, more or less, being Section No. 8,
Block XII, Ohura Survey District. Bounded towards the
north-east generally by Kururau Road; towards the south
generally by Section No. 3, Block XVI, Ohura Survey
District; and towards the north-west generally by Section
No. 2, Block XII, Ohura Survey District: as the same is
delineated on the plan marked L. 5250/1B, deposited in the
Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and
thereon coloured red. For a forest reserve.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by
admeasurement 370 acres, more or less, being Section No. 9,
Block XII, Ohura Survey District. Bounded towards the
north by Section No. 10, Block XII, Ohura Survey District,
and the crossing of Otunui Road; towards the west by the
said road; again towards the north by Section No. 7,
Block XII aforesaid; towards the east generally by Section
No. 2, Block I, Piopiotea West Survey District; towards the
south-east by Section No. 11, Block XII aforesaid, and the